Amateur Distractions
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A New Old Hobby
It seems again that it is time to learn,In this untiring, crumbling place of growth Mirror In February – Thomas Kinsella Another birthday, another autumn. Another slightly impulsive leap into yet another hobby. This time I bought a cross stitch set and some books. This is a hobby I’ve had some success with in the…
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Restoration or Something Else
A trip to a Kemerdere with Pat Yale and how it looks after its renovation.
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Celebrate All the Things
Finally, after years of pointless hoping, I finally entered the Novel Fair run by the Irish Writer’s Centre.
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Following Miss Yale
A number of years ago my friend Pat came to visit Çanakkale. I was delighted to be able to take her to Troy and show her around the area.
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Aspiration
Generally at the beginning of August each year I decide to enter the Novel Fair run by the Irish Writers Centre. It only requires a summary of 300 words and 10,000 words. The fact that I have no idea, no plot, no characters, is never enough to dissuade me from the attempt. There’s a whole…
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Lower Decks
What a delight! Funny, madcap, weird and yet still true to Star Trek. Boimler is just the right amount of annoying, Mariner is just the right amount of slacker. Tendi has a core of steel and Rutherford is sweet.